Button



(No Model) W. HORNICH BUTTON.

No. 249,048. Patented Nov. l, 1881.

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PATENT WILLIAM HORNIGH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,048, dated November1, 1881.

Application filed April 11, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom yit may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HonNIcH, aresident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and Ido herebydeclare the following to be aA full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of ret'erence marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the method of and means for securing theseveral parts of a button together, as also the materials employed inthe construction of the improvement, and to other matters, all of whichwill be hereinafter fully described, and specically embodied in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a planor face view of a button constructed in accordance with the principlesof my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, Fig. 3, atransverse section ot' a rivet for securing the several parts of thebutton together, of peculiar constructiomand composed of materials neverheretofore employed for a like purpose. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate variousmodications, which are made in manner of perforating the rivet to adaptthe same to be sewed to the garment.

In carrying out my invention I construct a cylindrical rivet, a, ofcelluloid, lignoid, rubber, or any suitable material, having one or moreperforatious, e, passing therethrough in any appropriate direction, asillustrated by Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5,having a recessed head, c', and recessedextremity d. This I insert in and pass through a button, or the severalportions b c thereof, and clinch upon the back of the same, as shown, bymeans of a vheated tool, (the end of which is suitably shaped for thepurpose,) which is inserted in the cavity in the posterior extremity ofthe button or adjusted upon the end of the same, as will be understoodupon reference to Fig. 5, and pressed thereon while hot, so as to forcethe material, which will yield to the heated tool, down upon the back ofthe button, as indicated in Figs. 2, et, 5.

The improved rivet may be made any color or shade in harmony with otherportions ot' the button, the outer portion or head thereof constitutinga neat ornament to the button; and although I do not wish to limitmyselt' to plastic material exclusively in the construction of saidrivet, yet in many cases it is pret'- erable, as the same can be veryreadily ornamented by having various pigments mixed therein, by havingpearl or other like ornamental substances embedded itherein, or by beingimpressed into decorative forms.

The back c of the button, the rim ot' which shows on the outside, asindicated, may be also made of the same materials as the rivets. Inthis, howeverfsvell as in other respects, the buttons may be made of anyother wellknown material and in any of the various forms.

When the rivet or cylinder is used in connection with buttons having atuft cloth,77 the said rivet may have but a single perforationtherethrough, or, in other words, be hollow, and the button be sewed toa garment, either from the back or through the rivet, iu the usualmanner.

Cylinders may be made of the materials or in the manner described andadapted for other purposes than for buttonsfor example, eyeletsin whichlatter case the head is dispensed with, the cylinder being of sufcieutlength for the purpose required and its ends turned over by means of aheated tool, as already described and as will be readily understood. Inthis form it is adapted for buttons, shoes, corsets, or otherappropriate uses.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and wish to secure byLetters Patent,

1. A button having a perforated or hollow rivet passing therethrough,composed ot celluloid or'other plastic compound, as described, andsecured upon the front and backv thereof, substantially as set forth andshown.

2. A button having a perforated or hollow rivet passing therethrough,composed of celluloid or other plastic compound or material, asdescribed, and having its end or ends recessed,

as shown, substantially as und for the pur- In testimony that I claimthe orgong I poses set forth. have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of3. In a button, a rivet, a, having one or more March, 1881. perforationstherethrough, having a recessed 5 head, a', and a recessed extremity, d,substan- WILLIAM HORNIUH.

tially as and for the purpose set forth and shown. "Witnesses 4. In ubutton, an eyelet composed of eellu- CHARLES II. PELL, loid 0r otherplastic material, substantially as OLIVER DRAKE.

1o and for the purposes set forth. v

